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Volcano1985 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

As A Result of A United States Federal Court...

As a result of a United States Federal court having found the site to be in violation of copyright law, the site has been permanently shut down.

Can I rewrite the sentence as;

As a result of a United States Federal court found the site that is in violation of copyright law, the site has been permanently shut down.
  

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'Having' is required because 'as a result of' needs to be followed by a noun-like phrase . As a result of the bad apples ... As a result of the violation of ...

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  • 'Having' is required because 'as a result of' needs to be followed by a noun-like phrase .
  • As a result of the bad apples ...
  • As a result of the violation of ...
  • As a result of the court finding/having found the site to be in violation of ...
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'Having' is required because 'as a result of' needs to be followed by a noun-like phrase.
As a result of the bad apples...
As a result of the violation of...
As a result of the court finding/having found the site to be in violation of...

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Both are correct.
'finding' has more of a sense of 'now' to the finding.
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